Button-hole device for suspenders



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B. J.GREELY. BUTTON HOLE DEVIGE FOR SUSPENDERS.

Patented Mar. 14,1882

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BUTTON HOLE DEVIGE FOR SUSPENDERS. I

No. 254,956. Patented 14, 1882.

' HM" "WI! I PATENT OFFICE.

BENJAMIN J. GREELY, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS;

BUTTON-HOLE DEVICE FOR SUSPENDERS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 254,956, dated March14., 1882.

ApplicationfiledAprilS,1880. (Nomodeh) To ail whom. it may concern Be itknown that I, BENJAMIN J. GREELY, of Boston, in the county of Suffolkand State of Massachusetts, have invented an Improved Button-Hole Devicefor Suspenders, of which the following is a'full, clear, concise, andexact description, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings,forming a part hereof.

My device is composed of a short piece ofthe clasp b, in combinationwith said clasp b,

having not only the parallel tubular portions 12, but also an attachingportion, 3, by which it may be secured to the suspender.

In the drawings, Figure 1 shows two views of my device adapted to beconnected with a cord, (1, so that the cord can render through the tubeon the device. Fig. 2 shows two views of my device with a loop on theclasp 11, through which a webis passed. The web can render through thisloop, as is common in suspenders. Fig. 3 is the same as Fig. 2, exceptthat the web is to be sewed to the loop. In Fig. 4 the loop is smallerthan in Figs. 2 and 3, so that the device may be connected with thehooks now much used on suspenders. In Fig. 5 the tubul 1r part of theclasp bis arranged ditferently from the tubularpart ot'the clasp in Fig.l, in order that thedevice may be attached to the end of the cord (1,instead of having that end pass entirely through the tube, as in Fig. 1.Fig. 6 is a. perspective view en larged for clearness. Fig. 7 is a.cross-section on line w m, Fig. 6. Figs. 8, 9, 10, 11, and 12 are plansof the blanks used for the clasps in Figs. 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5.

I 5 is desired.

The clasp is constructed from the blanks shown in Figs. 8, 9, 10, 11,and l2,varying according to the form of clasp desired. These blanks arestruck from sheetmetal. The parts 1 2 of the blank, which are designed.to encircle and compress the ends of the short cord a, are pressed intoa trough shape. At the same time the part 3 of Fig. 12 is also madetrough shape when a clasp like the oneshown inFig. If the form shown inFig. 2 is desired, the part 3 of Fig. 9 is pressed around and made toencircle the metallic attachingloop, and this portion of the clasp isfinished. If theform shown in Fig. 1 is desired, thepart 3 of Fig. 8 ispressed into tubular form and made ready for the insertion of the cord61. Theattaching parts of the forms shown in Figs. 3 and 4 are finishedwhen the blanks, Figs. 10 and 11, are struck from the sheet metal. Theends of the short cord are now laidin the trough-shaped parts 1 and 2,and these parts are forced to encircle and compress the ends of thecord, and the teeth which are struck up when the blank is formedarefirmly embedded in the ends of the cord, which by the compression ofthe parts 1 and 2 by the action of the teeth are held tirmly inposition.

What I claim as my invention is- The improved button-hole device abovedescribed, eomposed ot' the short cord a, having its ends broughttogether and each end encircled and compressed by the tubular portions 12 ofcclasp b, the clasp I) being formed of one piece of metal with thetwo tubular portionsl2 to receive and compress the ends of cord at, asdescribed, and also with the attaching portion 3, by which the device isattached to the suspender, as set forth.

B. J. GREELY.

Witnesses J. E. MAYNADIER, J. It. SNOW.

